I don't usually do re-posts. And World IBD Day was three weeks ago...but an old friend of mine (and Brilliant Blogging Inspiration) does a special sharing page, and she recently posted about feeling comfortable in our bikinis and our skin. It all seemed to tie in to acceptance of physical…
Like any of the blogs I have posted about illness and Crohn's Disease, this one is a scary one for me to write. However, it is also one I feel compelled to write, to play my part in the global campaign to raise awareness. When I asked for support on…
As a child, I learned a great many lessons. Some I was taught by my big sisters, some I picked up from observation of the world around me, some I discovered the hard way and others I gleaned from little pearls of wisdom my mum passed my way. I am…
Does anyone know who said this first? I'll give you a clue - he was best known for Science, rather than Art, equations more specifically, and he was an undisputed genius. You guessed it. None other than Albert Einstein. In fact, he said a lot of things in his time,…
As I sit here, sharing a Sunday evening snack of hot sugared popcorn with Lovely Man, my thoughts naturally drift to movies. I've seen a few at the cinema recently, trying hard to get back into my LA habits of at least one new release a fortnight. We all have…
I know I don't usually start with a date, but this is going live as the first blog of April, when in fact it was scribbled in March. Does that matter? Actually, to me it does. You see, it was my only blog for March, purely due to overcrowding in…
I’m going to tell you a story. It’s not a fairytale. Nor is it a fable. But it does come with a moral of sorts. Every once in a while, something happens to remind us that decent people do exist in the world. Like last Thursday – on my way home from…
I haven't blogged at all yet this month - not because I've got nothing to say (can you ever imagine such an occasion!?) - rather that I can't seem to find the time or creative headspace to do it. I have been keeping a mental log of all the topics…